Numbers 26:56

56 and acordinge to their lott thou shalt deuyde their lond both to the many and to the fewe.

Numbers 26:56 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:56

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided,
&c.] It was by the determination of the lot that the land was divided by inheritance, and that was by the Lord, according to ( Proverbs 16:33 )

between many and few;
it was so ordered of the Lord by the lot, that the many should have a larger share, and the few a lesser.

Numbers 26:56 In-Context

54 to many thou shalt geue ye moare enheritaunce and to fewe ye lesse: to euery tribe shall ye enheritauce be geue acordinge to ye numbre therof.

55 Notwithstondinge ye londe shalbe deuyded by lott and acordinge to ye names of ye tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett:

56 and acordinge to their lott thou shalt deuyde their lond both to the many and to the fewe.

57 These are the summes of ye leuites in their kinredes: of Gerson came the kynred of ye Gersonites: and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites: and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites.

58 These are the kinredes of Leui: the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Karahites.Kahath begate Amram